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hmrmaxwell··on Mass Incarceration: The Silence of the Judges
The first table seems off given other data, e.g. http://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offens..., which seems to represent drug related crime at a much higher rate.
hmrmaxwell··on Steve Wozniak is not boring
It seems that mild goto usage is not uncommon in at least some major golang projects:

https://github.com/dotcloud/docker/search?q=goto&ref=cmdform

https://github.com/hashicorp/serf/search?q=goto&ref=cmdform

https://github.com/skynetservices/skydns/search?q=goto&ref=c...

https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/search?q=goto&ref=cmdform

https://github.com/juju/juju/search?q=goto&ref=cmdform

EDIT: formatting

hmrmaxwell··on How I faced my fears and learned to be good at math
With more notation, some readability is lost again:

Let x, b, c \epsilon C:

x^2 + b x + c = 0 => x = (-b +- sqrt(b^2 - 4c)) / 2

hmrmaxwell··on Is zero an even number?
It looks like you meant "'an even number, which includes zero' for that effect", but on first reading, it appeared to me (and perhaps your downvoters), that you meant "'an even number', which includes zero for that effect", which would be a significantly less productive comment.
hmrmaxwell··on Show HN: goodbre.ws, a fully open source recommendation engine for beer
Thanks!
hmrmaxwell··on Show HN: goodbre.ws, a fully open source recommendation engine for beer
What algorithm are you using to make recommendations? I've been looking around in the recommendable source but can't seem to find it.
hmrmaxwell··on I didn't learn programming when I was 12
"I want you to visualize the person who is better than you in every way, and also twelve years old. And then I want you to get used to the existence of this person. And get on with your life."

Better yet: smile and be hopeful because of the existence of such a person.

hmrmaxwell··on Linux code search
I also recommend 'penguin'